Hay-rake.



w. I. GOSSUIM.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED IULY 12.1916.

Patented May 7,1918.

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HAY RAKE. 7 APPLICATION FILED JULY I2 I915.

Patented May 7, 1918.

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WILLIAM I. GOSSUM, 0F SGUTH FULTON, TENNESSEE.

HAY-RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed July 12, 1916. Serial No. 108,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM I. Gossrnu, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Fulton, in the county of Obion and Statev of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay- Rakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hay rakes, and

the primary object of this invention is to provide a collapsible or folding hay rake, which may be folded for decreasing the width of the rake, when it is desired to drive along a road or highway with the rake, and when it is desired to use the rake for raking hayor the like, the raking portion of the same may be extended.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a rake structure, a raking teeth carrying bar which is composed of a plurality of hingedly connected sections, adapted for alining with each other when the rake is in an extended position, and for having the intermediate hinged sections folded forwardly over the supporting structure of the rake when it is desired to collapse or reduce the width of the entire rake.

A further object of this invention is to provide an axle structure which includes a sleeve and a pair of stub axles telescopically mounted within the sleeve, so that the length of the axle may be varied in accordance with the width of the hay rake.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a top plan view of the improved rake.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the rake showing the same in its folded or collapsed position.

Fig. at is a section on the line H of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 6 is a. fragmentary sectional view of a part of the hay rake construction.

Referring more particularly to the-drawings, l designates the axle structure of the .hay rake as an entirety, which includes a sleeve 2 and auxiliary axles 3 and a which are telescopically mounted in the ends of the sleeve 2 and have the usual type of hay rake supporting wheels 5 mounted upon their outer ends. The sections or stub axles 3 and a are held in adjusted telescoping positions within the sleeve 2 by means of set screws 6 which extend through the sleeve and engage the auxiliary axles 3 and 4. The auxiliary axles 3 and t and the casing 2 are preferably rectangular shaped in cross section and have spindles (not shown) formed upon their outer ends upon which the supporting wheels 5 are mounted.

The auxiliary axles 3 and a have rectangular collars 7 mounted thereon inwardly of the spindle ends 8. The rectangular collars 7 have rods 9 connected thereto which rods are bowed as shown at 10, to form substantially a quarter segment of a circle. Eyes 11 of eye bolts 12 are slidably mounted upon the bowed portion of the rods 9 and the eye bolts extend through the outer end of the outer sections 13 of the rake teeth carrying bar 1%. The inner sections 15 of the rake teeth carrying bar are connected to the sleeve 2 through the medium of eye bolts 16, the eyes 17 of which are slidably mounted upon the bowed portion of rods 18, which rods are in turn connected to the sleeve 2 in any suitable manner.

The inner ends of the outer sections 13 are hingedly connected to the outer ends of the inner sections 15 by hinges 19 which are secured to the upper surfaces of the bars while the inner meeting ends of the inner sections 15 are hingedly connected by means of a hinge 20 which rests against the under surfaces of the intermediate or center bars or sections so as to permit these sections to be hay rake forwardly of the sleeve and it has rods 2dtelescopically mounted in the e same which are connected to the ends of th liary and -l by bracing bars 25. Set screws 26 are provided for holding the rods 2% in various adjusted telescoping positions. A plurality of cleaning tines 28 are carried by the sleet and the rods 2%. The cleaning tines 28 extend rearwardly between certain f the rake teeth 21, and they a re provided for prerenting the accumulation of hay upon the teeth is ordinary in th constructi a of hay rakes of this nature.

A locking plate 30 carried by the upper surface of the inner end of one of the intermediate sections 15 and it is connected through the medium of bolt 31 and Wing nut to the other intermediate section pre venting the accidental hinged movement of these sections during the operation of the ra .e.

s. plate is attached to one end of the locking plate 30 and has upstanding ears carried flBlJGllf to hicli a rod Si is pivot ally connected. The rod 3% also piyotally connc ed shown at to a hand lever which is pitotally connected as shown at 37 to an auxili :y supporting structure The auxiliary supporting structure carried by the tongue structure 23 and it supports a seat of the ordinary constri tion. The hand lever 36 has a dog; mechanism ell carried thereby which coacts with piadraut ll for holding the hand lever in various adjusted positions. The hand lower St: is provided for tilting the ralte teeth Cililjilil g har ll for dumping the hay raltcd hr teeth 21 and during this duinpn P o; or ion, the eyes 11 and 1'? of 12 and 16 respectively ride over one of the rods 9 and 18.

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the Bolts the arched por I When it is desired to ClllVE a ong a highway or road with the rake, and it necessary to reduce the Width of the rake, the bar 34; is disconnected from the ears and the Wing nuts are loosened for permitting of the disconnecion between the locking plate 330 and one of the sections 15, after which the set screi 6 and 96 are loosened, and the rake is felted into the position illus- 'i'rated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, at which time the two intermediate portions 15 of the rake teeth carrying; bar l l extend forwardly utially parallel to each other, and the axles I3 and are telescopically mounted in the sleeve 2, While rods 2% are telescoped in the sleeve 99 W hen the aces in Fig. l of the drawings, the braces d0 and -1 are connected to the cross bar e3 at the points es and do, respectively, by means of eye bolts, or any analogous fastening oieces,'and when the rake is in a folded l ion, shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the brace oar i0 is connected to the bar-l3 at the poin 6, while the bar %1 is connected 4 bar at the point- $5,1causing the brace bars to he crossed intermediate their ends.

it tic-oh is attached to the supporting standard 39 of the seat 59, and it is provided for receiving the innermost of the tines or railing teeth 21 carried by the inner soczion 15 when the rake is in folded posisthe advantages of construction and of the method of operation of the improved hay rake will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains and Wnile in the foregoing description, the principle of the operation of this intention has been described together with various features of construction, it is to he stood. that certn minor features of lotion, combination and arrangement of parts may be altered to suit practical Lions provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of what is claimed.

llhat is claimed is it rake comprising a hollow rectangular in unher, axles telescopic in the ends of said member, in ms holding the axles in adjusted position, Wheels journaled on said axles, a tooth supporting bar consisting of a p r of intermediate sections and outer sections and said sections normally extend- I j parallel "with too axles and member, pivoting the sections to the axles, teeth secured to said sections, hinges secured to the forward faces of the inner ends of th outer sections and to the outer ends of 1e intermediate sections a hinge secured to rear face of the inner end of the intermediate section, said hinges permittingthe interi'uediate sections to he swung forwardly in parallel relation and simultaneously mor ing toe outer sections in the direction of each other, means holding the intermediate sections against movement When parallel With the member, a telescopic member se- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature cured to the axles and member and forin presence of two Witnesses.

wardly thereof and adapted to support the WILLIAM I. GOSSUM. intermediate sections When in a folded posi- Witnesses:

tion, and cleaning tines carried by the tele- C. J. BLACK,

scopic member. G. E. HUToHENs.

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